Rick Mercer

Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble

Join iconic Canadian artists, activists, actors, and athletes as they share their stories of hope and inspiration in this national salute to our frontline workers and in support of Food Banks Canada’s COVID-19 relief efforts.

Release Date: 2020-04-26

Character: Self

Vote Count: 2

Jann

In Jann, Jann Arden plays a fictionalized, self-deprecating version of herself: a singer songwriter of a “certain age” in severe denial of the harsh reality that her former music career is slowly (okay rapidly) fading away. But it’s not just Jann’s career that’s on life support – she’s newly single (don’t remind her), her sister may disown her, and her mother may be showing early signs of memory loss. Jann's personal life is in shambles and she's convinced that the cure-all is to enlist a new manager to help rebrand her image. Filled with plenty of LOL moments, she embarks on a quest to return to greatness and go viral, but instead gets tangled in the pressures of her ‘real’ life. Jann is at the crossroads between who she was and who she wants to be. Can Jann stage a comeback, reclaim fame…and be there for the people who love her?

Release Date: 2019-03-20

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 3

Corner Gas Animated

It's been a few years, and there's still not a lot going on in Dog River, 40 kilometres from nowhere. But that's all about to change.

Release Date: 2018-04-02

Character: Maze Master Myron (voice)

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 21

Being Canadian

What does it actually mean to be Canadian? This humorous documentary, featuring interviews with a who's-who of famous Canadians, hopes to find the answer.

Release Date: 2015-09-18

Character: Self

Vote Count: 32

How To Be Deadly

In Newfoundland, an unemployed minibike rider enters a minibike competition to win back his girlfriend.

Release Date: 2014-09-12

Character: Self

Riding a Train of Thoughts

A documentary directed by Julien Lecat.

Release Date: 2014-06-06

Character: Self

Vote Count: 1

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

A 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.

Release Date: 2013-10-16

Character: Roy

Vote Count: 821

Talking to Americans

Rick Mercer interviews Americans on the street, convincing them to agree with ridiculous statements about their northern neighbour, Canada. Co-produced between Island Edge and Salter Street Films.

Release Date: 2011-03-30

Character: Himself

Vote Count: 1

Republic of Doyle

Jake Doyle and his ex-cop father, Malachy, run a Newfoundland detective agency. Their rugged seaside town never lacks for intriguing cases, and the Doyles don't always land on the right side of the law.

Release Date: 2010-01-06

Character: Mayor Budgell

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 36

Bon Cop Bad Cop

When the body of the executive of hockey Benoit Brisset is found on the billboard of the border of Quebec and Ontario, the jurisdiction of the crime is shared between the two police forces and detectives David Bouchard from Montreal and Martin Ward from Toronto are assigned to work together. With totally different styles, attitudes and languages.

Release Date: 2006-07-06

Character: Tom Berry

Vote Count: 209

Keeping Up with Cathy Jones

"Keeping Up with Cathy Jones" is a biographical romp through the life and times of this outrageously funny lady of stage, screen and television. From the first celluloid glimpses of "CATHY AT 16", "THIS HOUR HAS 22 MINUTES", her one woman shows and stand-up routines to interview clips with Cathy, her family and friends, this is a highly charged bio-pic; a salute to Newfoundland's comic genius."

Release Date: 2006-06-30

Character: Self

Rick Mercer Report

A weekly helping of topical satire, funny takes on the week's top stories and Canada-wide adventures.

Release Date: 2004-01-12

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: Himself - Host

Episode Count: 180

Vote Count: 7

Tuning In: Fifty Years on the CBC

Taking a deliberately post-modern approach to the CBC and Canadian culture, the series raids the bulging vaults of the national broadcaster. Viewers will see images of Canada’s past five decades, ranging from the long-running celebrity quiz show Front Page Challenge through ’70s pop star Rene Simard to stirring footage of legendary hockey icons. Deliberately using a stylistic melange, the series will use contemporary footage shot in Betacam video and Super 8 with old kinescopes from the ’50s, black-and-white footage of the ’60s and the more standard color format from the ’70s through the ’90s.

Release Date: 2002-09-30

Character: Self - Host

Episode Count: 5

Made in Canada

Made in Canada is a Canadian television situation comedy which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2003. Rick Mercer co-created the program and starred as mercenary TV producer Richard Strong. In the United States, France, Australia and Latin America, the show was syndicated as The Industry. It was produced using a single camera setup.

Release Date: 1998-10-05

Episode Count: 65

Vote Count: 2

This Hour Has 22 Minutes

This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials. Originally featuring Cathy Jones, Rick Mercer, Greg Thomey and Mary Walsh, the series featured satirical sketches of the weekly news and Canadian political events. The show's format is a mock news program, intercut with comic sketches, parody commercials and humorous interviews of public figures. The on-location segments are frequently filmed with slanted camera angles.

Release Date: 1993-10-11

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Character: 

Episode Count: [ 228 ]

Vote Count: 50

Secret Nation

A graduate history student returns to her native Newfoundland, searching for proof of a conspiracy surrounding the referendum that saw Newfoundland join Canada.

Release Date: 1992-01-02

Character: Chris Vokey

Vote Count: 4

Understanding Bliss

Elizabeth Sutton, a lecturer from Toronto and Peter Breen, a professor of cultural studies from St. John's, Newfoundland, come together in his town for a secret liaison. All is bliss. But within twenty-four hours, the affair has collapsed. A clash of languages, cultures, and values force them to come to terms with each other's sense of morality.

Release Date: 1990-09-30

Character: Richard (Turkish Knight)

No Apologies

As a family of siblings and their spouses gathers at their father's deathbed, old jealousies and new angers and liaisons lead to an inevitable climax.

Release Date: 1990-01-01

Character: Simon

The Vacant Lot

An aspiring Canadian all-girl punk band reluctantly hires a down and out older male classic rock n roll guitarist.

Release Date: 1989-01-01

It Seems Like Yesterday

An entertaining documentary series that views popular culture as seen through the media in the baby boomer years.

Character: Host